Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plasmonic devices and circuits
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Application No.: US16100016Application Date: 2018-08-09
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Publication No.: US10732350B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Odysseas Zografos , Francky Catthoor , Sourav Dutta , Azad Naeemi
- Applicant: IMEC vzw , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Applicant Address: BE Leuven BE Leuven
- Assignee: IMEC vzw,Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
- Current Assignee: IMEC vzw,Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
- Current Assignee Address: BE Leuven BE Leuven
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5d83a38f
- Main IPC: G02B6/10
- IPC: G02B6/10 ; G02B6/122 ; G01N21/552 ; G02B5/00 ; G02B6/125 ; B82Y20/00

Abstract:
A plasmonic device comprising an odd number of at least three input waveguides and at least one output waveguide is disclosed. In one aspect, the waveguides are adapted for guiding a surface plasmon polariton wave and the input waveguides are connected to the output waveguide at a waveguide junction. The inserted SPP waves have a phase at the waveguide junction which is either a first phase or a second phase. The second phase is shifted over π with regard to the first phase and a combined SPP wave at the waveguide junction has a resulting phase wherein the dimensions of the waveguides are such that for different combinations of phases of the inserted waves the combined waves are phase aligned.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190064438A1 PLASMONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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